Hayford Attah Krufi, CEO of NPRA
The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) as part of its quest to improve informal pension coverage in Ghana and ensure holistic pension literacy among the populace, has announced its third National Pensions Awareness Week.
The week celebration will include a Fair alongside symposiums on Pensions from Monday, October 23 to Wednesday October 25, 2023 at the Forecourt of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly at 10.00 a.m. each day.
Theme, “My Pension; My Future”, the fair is expected to provide a platform for identifiable groups like the Driver Unions, Market Women, Ghana Hairdressers and Beauticians Association Tailors and Dressmakers Association, Ghana Hoteliers Association, the Ghana Enterprise Agency and other self-employed individuals to formulate pension schemes for members.
All pension scheme providers among other stakeholders according to the authority will be showcasing their pension products and services to the general public to explain and encourage all workers to enroll in pension schemes.
Those already on pension schemes will be guided to enhance their pension benefits when they retire to help alleviate old-age poverty.
In a press statement signed by the Head of Corporate Affairs, NPRA, Nana Sifa Twum, indicated that the Minister for Employment, Labour Relations and Pensions, Ignatius Baffour Awuah will open the fair on Monday, October 23 2023.
“The NPRA places high importance on pensions for all Ghanaians. Pension provision has now become a human rights issue under the United Nations Convention. Pension Schemes have now become the necessary substitute as an old-age security system for the aged, and also as a modern mechanism to provide retirement income to the aged for maintenance of their standard of living,” he stated.
Sifa Twum, further encouraged the public to take advantage of this event to ensure their retirement income security.
BY Prince Fiifi Yorke